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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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